Last year, I wrote in glowing terms about Nick Fletcher’s second solo album, The Cloud of Unknowing. It was his most coherent and consistent electric guitar-led album to date, raising the bar even higher than his impressive solo debut, Cycles…
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The Fall of the Shires is the stunning, vibrant and accessible prog rock debut from Oblivion Protocol – the new musical project from Richard West, keyboardist and writer for UK prog-metal stalwarts Threshold. A sequel to Threshold’s acclaimed double album…
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Two-and-a-half years after DBA enthralled melodic rock fans with their tremendous fourth album, the bucolic Halcyon Hymns, they return to our CD players and turntables with their latest effort, Celestial Songs. Dave Bainbridge, Andy Hodge and Ash Soan are on…
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Hey, maaan. We’re putting on our multi-coloured bell-bottoms and phosphorescent tie-dyes, daubing our faces with day-glo paint and dropping acid here at TPA in preparation for 90-minutes of British psychedelic rock. Hang out, just been told we’re out of acid…
View More Various Artists – When the Alarm Clock Rings
I Am The Manic Whale lynchpin songwriter and frontman Michael Whiteman talks to TPS’s Alex Driessen about the history of the band, the writing process and the strong element of storytelling in the band’s music. Some time ago, I accidentally…
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Grab your favourite tipple, turn the lights down, and soak up a session of amongst the best Soft Machine material in years. It’s been five years since their last album, the well-received Hidden Details, and as the band approach 60 years…
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With a new album from The Flower Kings, Look At You Now, due for imminent release, TPA’s Graham Thomas speaks with mainman Roine Stolt about recent happenings in the world of the Flower King… So, Roine, a new Flower Kings…
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So, The Flower Kings unleashed album number sixteen, Look At You Now, on 8
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Lately it seems that the reimagining of classic albums is in vogue (see the recent TPA reviews of Pink Floyd reimaginings). Rarely, in my opinion, do these albums stray from the original template, something that would be difficult considering how…
View More Various Artists – Abbey Road Reimagined
The Id have been making music as a band since 2016. They work remotely on different continents and the band members are all involved in multiple collaborative and solo projects. Drummer Mark Murdock has a background in jazz fusion, also…
View More The Id – Disaster Movie